Yes, the information is now online. So what? The problem isn't the availability of knowledge. Books have been around for a very long time. What is the addition

Yes, the information is now online. So what? The problem isn't the availability of knowledge. Books have been around for a very long time. What is the additional mechanism which will allow the youtube revolution to dethrone the school/university system? Some benefits of a university course over a library of videos: - A structured pathway through the knowledge in the field - A body of peers/teachers who can help answer your questions - A carrot/stick/framework for those people who don't have the self discipline to engage in a three year course of study on their own - Critiques on your ongoing state of knowledge, ie, a way of solving the problem of a student who doesn't know something but can't fix it because they don't know that they don't know it.